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Article #293Re: Maintenance
From: Michael Herman
Date: Sun, 12 Nov 1989 14:55
Date: Sun, 12 Nov 1989 14:55
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> now at the point where I can make those changes. Students must learn how to make
> a good product first. Once they have mastered that, then they can learn how to
> enhance existing products. But by the time they get to that point, they have
> already graduated and are in industry.
I would wager that most car machanics have never seen an assembly line
yet they still are very effective in what they do. I would also wager
that software maintainers don't have to be great developers.
p.s. Let's avoid the discussion that mechanics would be better if they
had worked on an assembly line. Its true. In the same light,
a software maintainer would be better if they had development
experience. My contention is that neither are strictly necessary.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!censor!geac!alias!mherman From: mherman@alias.UUCP (Michael Herman) Newsgroups: comp.sw.components,comp.software-eng Subject: Re: Maintenance Keywords: knowledge, expectations, fairness Message-ID: <614@alias.UUCP> Date: 12 Nov 89 14:55:12 GMT References: <1337@accuvax.nwu.edu> <11064@cbnews.ATT.COM> <78584@linus.UUCP> <376@cherry5.UUCP> Reply-To: mherman@alias.UUCP (Michael Herman) Organization: Alias Research Inc., Toronto, Canada Lines: 13